By

MARY J. HOLMES

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1899, 1901,

By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes.

[All rights reserved.]

The Cromptons. Issued August, 1902.

Contents

[PART I]
[CHAPTER I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE]
[CHAPTER II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING]
[CHAPTER III. THE INTERVIEW]
[CHAPTER IV. HOPING AND WAITING]
[CHAPTER V. MISS DORY]
[CHAPTER VI. THE SERVICES]
[CHAPTER VII. COL. CROMPTON]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING]
[CHAPTER IX. THE COLONEL AND JAKE]
[CHAPTER X. EUDORA]
[PART II]
[CHAPTER I. HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT]
[CHAPTER II. JACK HARCOURT TO HOWARD CROMPTON]
[CHAPTER III. ELOISE]
[CHAPTER IV. THE ACCIDENT]
[CHAPTER V. AMY]
[CHAPTER VI. AT MRS. BIGGS'S]
[CHAPTER VII. RUBY ANN PATRICK]
[CHAPTER VIII. MRS. BIGGS'S REMINISCENCES]
[CHAPTER IX. LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES MASON]
[CHAPTER X. PART SECOND OF REV. MR. MASON'S LETTER]
[CHAPTER XI. SUNDAY CALLS]
[CHAPTER XII. THE MARCH OF EVENTS]
[CHAPTER XIII. GETTING READY FOR THE RUMMAGE SALE]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST SALE]
[CHAPTER XV. AT THE RUMMAGE]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE AUCTION]
[PART III]
[CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE END]
[CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE RED CLOAK]
[CHAPTER III. ELOISE AT THE CROMPTON HOUSE]
[CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH]
[CHAPTER V. LOOKING FOR A WILL]
[CHAPTER VI. IN FLORIDA]
[CHAPTER VII. IN THE PALMETTO CLEARING]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE LITTLE HAIR TRUNK]
[CHAPTER IX. WHAT HOWARD FOUND]
[CHAPTER X. HOWARD'S TEMPTATION]
[CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION]